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The moonlight filtered through the blinds, casting long, silver stripes across the guest room. I’d been relegated to the pull-out couch after the storm knocked out the power and a leak sprang in my old bedroom ceiling. But the couch was more springs than cushion, and every time I moved, it groaned like a haunted house. "Still awake?"

CODA (2021) Sian Heder’s Best Picture winner introduces us to Ruby, the only hearing member of a deaf family. When she falls for her music teacher and joins the choir, her parents feel threatened. But the subtle blended dynamic here is between Ruby’s world and the "hearing" world of her teacher. More relevant is the relationship between Ruby’s mother (Marlee Matlin) and the hearing world—a metaphor for the fear of being replaced. When a stepparent or new partner enters a tight-knit biological unit, CODA teaches us that the fear is not malice; it is the terror of obsolescence. share bed with stepmom best hot